Racing News

Pyrenees Thrilling Winner of $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)

05/17/2024

Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Preceded 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
Third Stakes Win of Day for Trainer Cherie DeVaux

BALTIMORE – Blue Heaven Farm’s Pyrenees, taking a three-race win streak into his stakes debut, made it four in a row by running down favored Kingsbarns in deep stretch and going on for a thrilling three-quarter-length triumph in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at legendary Pimlico Race Course.

Mystic Lake Pours it On in Miss Preakness (G3) Victory

05/17/2024

South Florida Shipper Sprints to Decisive 4 ½-Length Win

BALTIMORE – C2 Racing Stable and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake, already a two-time stakes winner, earned her first graded credentials with an impressive front-running 4 ½-length victory in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

She Feels Pretty Eye-Catching Hilltop Winner in Season Opener

05/17/2024

G1 Winner at 2 Making First Start Since Breeders’ Cup in November

BALTIMORE – Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty, a Grade 1 winner in her second career start last fall, opened her sophomore season in style with a 5 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Hilltop Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Shotgun Hottie Good-Looking Winner of Allaire du Pont Distaff

05/17/2024

5YO Kicks Off Friday’s Stakes Program with Popular Victory

BALTIMORE – Omar Aldabbagh and Jeff Ganje’s Grade 3 winner Shotgun Hottie, winless in her first three starts this year, broke through with a popular and decisive 5 ¾-length triumph in Friday’s listed $100,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff at historic Pimlico Race Course.

It Was a ‘Sonny’ Friday Morning at Pimlico Race Course

05/17/2024

BALTIMORE – It was cloudy all over Baltimore Friday morning, but the forecast outside the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course was nothing but Sonny.

As in Sonny the dog, the 5-year-old right-hand man er, canine, of trainer Kenny McPeek.

Sonny, a fun-loving white Labrador, was at his owner’s side when McPeek showed up to tend to Mystik Dan, the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s149th running of the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1).

Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination

05/17/2024

BALTIMORE – The blue-collar horse from the blue-collar track came to Baltimore for the 2004 Preakness Stakes (G1) and obliterated the record for the largest margin of victory.

Has it really been 20 years since the horse with the snappy name became the four-legged folk hero of seemingly every man, woman and child in the United States?

Yes, it has.

It’s All About Family with Preakness Favorite Mystik Dan

05/17/2024

Baffert: Imagination ‘Needs to Separate Himself’
Catching Freedom ‘Bucking and Squealing’ after Galloping
Tuscan Gold ‘Very Focused’ for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown

BALTIMORE – If you should hear various Gasaway family members from Arkansas and their friends, the Hambys, repeatedly saying, “Thank you, Ma’am," they aren’t just being overly polite.

Blinkers On for Whocouldaskformo in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/16/2024

Prevalence Looking to Maintain Momentum in Maryland Sprint (G3)
Advance Wagering Friday on Saturday’s Entire Preakness Day Car

BALTIMORE – Following off the board finishes in back-to-back graded-stakes, Courtlandt Farms’ Whocouldaskformo will have a change of equipment when she returns in Friday’s $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

McPeek ‘Going to Enjoy’ Mystik Dan’s Preakness Run Saturday

05/16/2024

McPeek, Lukas Entertain at Thursday’s Alibi Breakfast
Baffert: Imagination ‘Will Be Tough’ in $2 Million Preakness
Cox Seeks Career Triple Crown Sweep in 149th Preakness

BALTIMORE – Trainer Kenny McPeek, separated from his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for all of four days, liked what he saw Thursday morning in Mystik Dan, who has inherited the mantle of favorite for Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) upon Wednesday’s scratch of Muth.

Jockey Great Frankie Dettori Seeks first Triple Crown Win in Preakness

05/16/2024

Dettori Set to Ride Imagination in $2 Million Middle Jewel on Saturday

BALTIMORE – Legendary jockey Frankie Dettori, who has excelled on the international stage while also winning 15 Breeders’ Cup races in the U.S., longs to add another notable triumph to his impressive riding resume: a win in a Triple Crown event.

The 53-year-old reinsman figures to have his best shot at doing just that Saturday when he rides Imagination in the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico.